What part of speech is frosty?

Frosty can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. frosty is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

What does frosty mean?

Definitions

Adjective

frosty - covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
frosty - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
frosty - devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

Examples of frosty

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A frosty glass.
2. adj. Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings.
3. adj. Got a frosty reception.
4. adj. Stay frosty.
5. adj. Sometimes on a winter's night the Snow Queen flies through the streets of the town, and breathes with her frosty breath upon the windows, and then they are covered with strange and beautiful forms, like trees and flowers.
6. adj. A frosty east-west relationship led to a sort of brinkmanship where both NATO and Russia flew military aircraft close to the other side's frontiers or even deliberately made brief incursions into the other side's airspace, either to test air defence capabilities or as part of a pattern of intimidation or coercion.
7. adj. He breathed in the frosty air.
8. adj. It’s frosty outside.
9. adj. My questions were met with a frosty silence.
10. adj. The atmosphere in the room was decidedly frosty.
11. adj. Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
12. adj. She felt decidedly uncomfortable faced with the old woman’s frosty manner.
13. adj. The frosty winter will soon come to an end.
14. adj. I look out on the brilliant heaven, and see a milky way of powdery splendour wandering through it, and clusters and knots of stars and planets shining serenely in the blue frosty spaces; and the armed apparition of Orion, his spear pointing away into immeasurable space, gleaming overhead; and the familiar constellation of the Plough dipping down into the west; and I think when I go in again that there is one Christmas the less between me and my grave.
15. adj. Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.
Sentence  
adj.
A frosty glass.
Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings.
Got a frosty reception.
Stay frosty.
Sometimes on a winter's night the Snow Queen flies through the streets of the town, and breathes with her frosty breath upon the windows, and then they are covered with strange and beautiful forms, like trees and flowers.
A frosty east-west relationship led to a sort of brinkmanship where both NATO and Russia flew military aircraft close to the other side's frontiers or even deliberately made brief incursions into the other side's airspace, either to test air defence capabilities or as part of a pattern of intimidation or coercion.
He breathed in the frosty air.
It’s frosty outside.
My questions were met with a frosty silence.
The atmosphere in the room was decidedly frosty.
Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
She felt decidedly uncomfortable faced with the old woman’s frosty manner.
The frosty winter will soon come to an end.
I look out on the brilliant heaven, and see a milky way of powdery splendour wandering through it, and clusters and knots of stars and planets shining serenely in the blue frosty spaces; and the armed apparition of Orion, his spear pointing away into immeasurable space, gleaming overhead; and the familiar constellation of the Plough dipping down into the west; and I think when I go in again that there is one Christmas the less between me and my grave.
Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.

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